Nile Valley Civilization

Question 1

Ancient ____ and ______ lived in nile valley civilization

Answer 1

Egyptians; Kushies

Question 2

In ____BC, king ___ set up the first unified kingdom in egypt

Answer 2

3200; Menes

Question 3

Two major cities in ancient egypt

Answer 3

Aswan, Thebes

Question 4

What were buildings built of in ancient egypt (2)

Answer 4

Mud bricks, stones

Question 5

Two kinds of most well known buildings in ancient egypt

Answer 5

Pyramids, Temples

Question 6

Giza pyramid was built by pharaoh ___

Answer 6

Khufus

Question 7

Great sphinx was built by pharaoh ____

Answer 7

Kafre

Question 8

Who ruled ancient egypt

Answer 8

Pharaoh

Question 9

Ancient egyptians believed that the pharaoh was the ________ on earth

Answer 9

representative of god

Question 10

Pharaoh acted as ____ ___ in religious cities

Answer 10

cheif priest

Question 11

What were set up to handle government administration

Answer 11

ministries

Question 12

Ancient egypt form of government and what people formed the government

Answer 12

civilian government; educated people including priests, nobles, scribes

Question 13

Ancient egyptians made and passed laws in the name of _______

Answer 13

the pharaoh

Question 14

2 civilian government social classes and what kind of people were included in different classes

Answer 14

ruling class: pharaoh, prime minister, priests, royal members, nobles, scribes
governed class: merchants, farmers, slaves

Question 15

ancient egyptians set up ___ at home and built ____ in city centres to worship gods

Answer 15

altars; temples

Question 16

_____ were held after harvest and festivals

Answer 16

ceremonnies

Question 17

Every city had its own ___ god

Answer 17

patron

Question 18

god of life and underworld

Answer 18

osiris

Question 19

wife of osiris and goddess of fertility

Answer 19

Isis

Question 20

son of osiris and god of the sky

Answer 20

Horus

Question 21

god who protects people’s souls after death

Answer 21

anubis

Question 22

Why did people make mummies

Answer 22

the ancient egyptians believed that the soul would still survive after someone died. If the soul was allowed to be reborn, he would use the dead body again

Question 23

what did egyptians use to make mummies

Answer 23

salts, spices, and linen

Question 24

Who could afford to make mummies

Answer 24

pharaoh, royal members, nobles

Question 25

Three kinds of writing in ancient egypt

Answer 25

hieroglyphics, hieratic, demotic

Question 26

what was hieroglyphics mainly used for

Answer 26

religious ceremonies

Question 27

what was hieratic mainly used for

Answer 27

government administration, commerce

Question 28

what kinds of writing was written on the rosetta stone

Answer 28

demotic, heiroglyphics, greek

Question 29

who deciphered some message on rosetta stone

Answer 29

Champollium

Question 30

Who found the tomb of tutankhamun

Answer 30

Carter

Question 31

ancient egyptians invented the ___ system and ____system (math)

Answer 31

numeral, decimal

Question 32

they knew how to calculate areas of ___,___,___

Answer 32

circle, square, triangle

Question 33

ancient egyptians used ___ and ___ to measure length

Answer 33

cubit and palm

Question 34

Prove that ancient egyptians applied their knowledge of chemistry and medicine in various aspects

Answer 34

- Performed operations and used herbal medicine - Mummies show that they had advanced perservation and anotomical techniques

Question 35

they used reeds to make ____ for writing

Answer 35

papyrus

Question 36

made calendar by observing _____ and ____ of the nile

Answer 36

star movement and flood cycle of the nile

Question 37

which month was the beginning month

Answer 37

July

Question 38

what did ancient egyptians invent to count time

Answer 38

sundial and water clock

Question 39

How did the nie valley civilization decline

Answer 39

During the 4th century BC, ancient egypt was conquered by Macedonians. Greek civilization spread rapidly and greek replaced ancient egyptian as the official language. Ancient egyptian civilization was no longer valued by the ruling class.